Large Sealed Storage Jar

Large Sealed Storage Jar

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This alabaster jar was found in the tomb of Hatnefer (36.3.1), the mother of Senenmut (36.3.252). The jar lid was held in place with a piece of linen cloth tied with a length of linen cord secured with a stamped mud seal.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.